The mysterious DONUT SMELL.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Sometimes when I walk down Highland Avenue in the morning, I distinctly smell fresh donuts. I catch this whiff in a varying location between the Willow and Hancock intersections. However, there are no donut shops or bakeries that I know of near this section of road. The closest donut-aware bakeries I could name are in either Davis or Ball Squares, which are just too far away from this location.

So: is there a hidden donut shop I, tragically, don't know about, in that area? Or am I just falling victim to wishful smelling?

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[emblebug.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's it. it's on the corner there, right next to this gravel parking lot and the bike path. there's absolutely NO identifying information on the outside of the building (which is partially why I was so confused b/c i could only smell them until I read about them in Boston Magazine). you can't miss it, though, it's the only thing that doesn't look like a residential building.

[count0.livejournal.com]

Found it! I made a pilgrimage this afternoon around 5pm and took some pictures. Weird...I could definitely still smell baked goods in the air.

I must have looked like a total freak. Walking around this totally blank and unfriendly looking building, taking pictures with my cellphone and sniffing...

sniff sniff

DonutCam_01 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_01.jpg)
DonutCam_02 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_02.jpg)
DonutCam_03 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_03.jpg)
DonutCam_04 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_04.jpg)
DonutCam_05 (sad and forlorn, I leave donut-less) (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_05.jpg)